only time is scarce. everything else is abundant as a function of how we choose to use our time.
Discussion
I think Gandalf said that.
Actually my Econ homework said that a babe Ruth baseball card is also (I chose everything is scarce and got the question wrong)
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
only lithium is scarce. oh, wait …. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/lithium-discovery-in-us-volcano-could-be-biggest-deposit-ever-found/4018032.article